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Kanye West is reportedly planning to quit music for fashion.
The 'Bound 2' hitmaker - who has 16-month-old daughter North with wife Kim Kardashian West - wants to "step away" from the recording studio so he can concentrate on his desire to establish a clothing line.
A source said: "After his next [collaboration] with Sir Paul McCartney comes out, he's going to step away from music and concentrate on clothing."
And if he does turn his back on his music career, it is hoped the 37-year-old rapper can finally fulfill his commitments to Adidas.
The source added to the New York Post newspaper's Page Six column:
"He got a $15 million signing bonus from Adidas, but his line has been pushed back four times because he hasn't had enough time to work on it."
Kanye previously had a deal with Nike but left to work with their rivals as they offered more money.
He has explained in the past: "The old me -- without a daughter -- might have taken this Nike deal because I just love Nike so much, blah, blah, blah, but the new me, with a daughter, takes the Adidas deal because I have royalties and I have to provide for my family...
I'm going to be the first hip-hop designer, and because of that I'mma be bigger than Wal-Mart."

Nikki Sixx wants one of his own songs played at his funeral.
The 55-year-old Motley Crue bassist would like to have the track 'Life Is Beautiful' by his side band Sixx:A.M. played when he is laid to rest because he doesn't want it to be a sad occasion.
When asked what song would be played at the service, he said: "I've picked one of my own songs here, but with good reason, because it's so appropriate.
"It says, 'Promise me you won't cry at my funeral,' and I'd like to think when that day eventually comes everyone will be able to throw one hell of a party and tell a lot of funny stories."
The musician - who wed for the third time in March, this time to model Courtney Bingham - also revealed he was inspired to begin a band as a youngster after writing simple songs for kids.
Talking about the track which made him want to be a musician, he told the latest issue of NME magazine: "It wasn't one song, it was all the songs. Before I was in a band I was making up nursery rhymes."
Nikki - who is a member of Motley Crue along with bandmates Tommy Lee, Mick Mars and Vince Neil - added: "I left Idaho to live with my mum, and there was this acoustic guitar at her house that I started to write songs on. I was a songwriter before I was a musician."

Danny O'Donoghue thinks social media is like a "toilet".
The Script frontman knows he can't please everyone all of the time, and says sites like Twitter encourage people to express "every little bit" of their thoughts and opinions.
He said: "Social media is terrible. It's like a toilet where people have gone in to write every little bit of something about you. No matter what we do as a band, no matter what anybody does as a band, even if you're Coldplay, U2 or even down as far as us you're always open. We appeal to millions of people but in doing that we also don't appeal to another few million people. So you're going to divide opinion.
You're not going to please everyone and they're the ones who seem to be on Twitter and YouTube."
The 'Man Who Can't Be Moved' singer has learned the best way to be happy is not to worry about what other people think and to shrug off criticism.
He told The Hits Radio: "It seems the bad news stays with you longer than good news in a way. The only way that you're going to really become happy in life is by stop trying to make everybody happy because you never will"
Danny was talking to The Hits Radio for their 'State of Mind' campaign with charity YoungMinds, to help raise awareness for mental health issues suffered by today's youth. Listen to the show on 30 November at 10pm.

Kurt Cobain's daughter will executive produce a new documentary about the late rocker.
The HBO film, 'Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck' is the first to be fully authorised and made with the co-operation of the family of the Nirvana frontman - who committed suicide in 1994 - including 22-year-old Frances Bean, his child with wife Courtney Love.
Director Brett Morgen and his team began working on the project eight years ago and were given access to the 'All Apologies' star's entire personal and family archives, meaning the documentary will boast performance footage along with unheard songs and never-before-seen home movies, recordings, artwork, photography, journals, demos and songbooks.
Brett said in a statement: "Once I stepped into Kurt's archive, I discovered over 200 hours of unreleased music and audio, a vast array of art projects (oil paintings, sculptures), countless hours of never-before-seen home movies, and over 4,000 pages of writings that together help paint an intimate portrait of an artist who rarely revealed himself to the media."
The documentary doesn't yet have a definite release date but will come out through HBO Documentary Films and Universal Pictures some time next year.
The filmmaker has previously said the project would feature "a mix of animation and live action."

Labrinth and Ella Henderson will duet at the BBC Music Awards next month.
The 'Let It Be' hitmaker and former 'The X Factor' contestant will collaborate for a special performance at the ceremony on December 11, which will award prizes to the highest achievers in music from the past 12 months.
Chris Evans and Fearne Cotton will host the inaugural event - which will be broadcast live on BBC One, Radio 1 and Radio 2 - presenting awards including British Artist of the Year, International Artist of the Year and Song of the Year.
Talking about the star-studded ceremony last month, Chris said: "Every year is a marvellous year for music in the UK and 2014 has been no exception.
"We shall gratefully be tipping our hats to those whose lights have shone brightest and whose music has helped water the inner flowers of our souls, hearts and minds over the last 12 months. Call it a review with prizes, or a show full of surprises, I cannot wait."
The pair will join other artists who have been confirmed for performances at the Earls Court ceremony, including 'Steal My Girl' hitmakers One Direction, DJ Calvin Harris and 'Thinking Out Loud' crooner Ed Sheeran.
The crowd of 13,500 attendees will also be treated to live tracks from Coldplay, Clean Bandit and Paloma Faith, with further acts to be announced in the run up to the ceremony.

Rita Ora will perform on Matthew Morrison's new album.
The 'Glee' actor is thrilled the "talented" 'I Will Never Let You Down' singer will perform on the concept LP for his new stage musical 'Finding Neverland'.
Tweeting a picture of himself and Rita backstage at the American Music Awards at the weekend, Matthew wrote on Monday (24.11.14): "Such a great time at the American Music Awards last night with my friend Rita Ora. She's on the Finding Neverland - The New Musical concept soundtrack. TALENTED!! (sic)"
The pair were seen at the awards ceremony making music with 'Ray' star Jamie Foxx and his daughter.
A source told the New York Post newspaper's Page Six column: "They were singing an a cappella version of Iggy Azalea's 'Black Widow' with Jamie Foxx and his daughter, Annalise."
As well as Rita, Jessie J will also feature on the 'Finding Neverland' album.
It was announced earlier this month that Matthew will return to Broadway in the production, which explores the back story of the 'Peter Pan' book, as author J.M. Barrie.
The musical has been written by British playwright James Graham and features music written by Take That singer Gary Barlow.

John Legend found performing in front of a crowd "addicting" from a young age.
The 35-year-old singer became hooked in singing for an audience when he was a member of a church choir as a child because he loved the feeling of having the congregation respond to the music.
He said: "When I was singing in church, people will let you know how they feel pretty quickly.
"You can feel the energy of the congregation, and you get a sense of whether they like what you're doing, if you did a good job. That was very tangible to me. It was very addicting too, that feeling of affirmation and love, just feeling the elevation of the spirit and excitement of the crowd."
The 'All of Me' hitmaker - who is married to model Chrissy Teigen - was always "very precocious" and quickly learned to play the piano.
Speaking to the new issue of Los Angeles Confidential magazine, he said: "I was a very precocious kid, so I was very thirsty for learning. I wanted to learn the piano. I wanted to study the encyclopedia. I wanted to do everything. I just wanted to soak up a lot of knowledge."

Metallica will headline Reading and Leeds festivals next year.
The 'Enter Sandman' rockers will top the bill at the dual-sited event for the fourth time next August and are "beyond thrilled" to have landed the gig.
Drummer Lars Ulrich said: "We are obviously beyond thrilled to be returning to headline the magnificent and mighty double shot at Reading and Leeds for the fourth time. We are practically the house band. Bring it!"
Event organisers are delighted to have landed Metallica - who headlined Glastonbury earlier this year - and think they will give an "amazing" performance.
Reading and Leeds Boss Melvin Benn said: "I'm excited to be able to announce Metallica as the first headliner for Reading & Leeds 2015. Their amazing live show promises to be a favourite with rock, metal and genuine music fans at the UK's most important music festival, perfectly topping a bill of brilliant acts from across the genres.
"I'm looking forward to revealing the rest of the Festival line up, which will feature the absolute best of rock, indie, dance and hip hop and will only add to the amazing atmosphere that make Reading & Leeds so special."
Other acts also confirmed to play next year include Jamie T, Pierce the Veil, Wilkinson, Refused, Run the Jewels and Manchester Orchestra.
The festivals take place over the weekend of August 28-30 and tickets are on sale now.

Pixie Lott will release her "fun" fourth album in January.
The 'Mama Do' singer - who launched her greatest hits album 'Platinum Pixie' with a secret gig in association with Viber yesterday (25.11.14) - has taken a "fresh" approach to putting together her upcoming record.
The 23-year-old singer - who is currently appearing on this year's series of 'Strictly Come Dancing' - confessed her time on the BBC One dance competition has inspired the album's "fun, up-tempo vibe", and will also be featuring collaborations "with loads of different producers".
Pixie told BANG Showbiz: "The album in January is just going to be my fourth album. We've already got the sessions booked in. We're going to go to New York, LA.
"My last album, I wanted it to be really organic, I worked with like a small group of people, but this album, I think after just dancing and stuff, I want to do more of a fun, up-tempo vibe, do some collaborations, do something fresh and be up for working with loads of different producers."
The blonde beauty - who was joined at the secret London gig by fans who had been following her Public Chat on the Viber messaging app - has also teamed up with rapper Plan B's writing team and is keen to duet with some of her favourite British artists in the future.
She said: "I have got a session next month with Plan B's writers. It's really hard to schedule anything this month because I don't know when I'm going to be chucked off Strictly.
"I love the British talent, like Ed Sheeran, Labrinth, Disclosure, Rudimental. I think we've got loads of homegrown talent."